This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Carlow.
There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they were renamed governors.[1] The office of Lord Lieutenant was recreated on 23 August 1831.
Governors
- Dudley Bagenal 1689–1690 (Jacobite)[2]
- Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet 1699–
- Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 1714–1741 [3]
- Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Dunmore 1725–1727
- William Burton 1741– [4]
- Beauchamp Bagenal 1767–1800[5]
- Clement Wolseley[4]
- William Henry Burton 1767–1800[6]
- John Staunton Rochfort: 1779–1798 [7]–1831[8]
- David La Touche: 1798–1816[9]
- William Browne: –1831[8]
- Henry Bruen: 1816–1831[10]
- The Lord Downes: 1820–1831[11]
- Thomas Kavanagh: –1831[8]
Lord Lieutenants
- The 4th Earl of Bessborough: 17 October 1831 – 1838
- The 5th Earl of Bessborough: November 1838 – 28 January 1880
- Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh: 25 March 1880 – 25 December 1889
- The 2nd Baron Rathdonnell: 26 February 1890 – 1922
References
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lords-Lieutenants (Ireland) 1831-2005". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ^ G. E. C., ed. Vicary Gibbs, The Complete Peerage, vol. I (1910) p. 174, n. (b).
- ^ Ó Ciardha, Éamonn (October 2009). "Bagenal, Dudley". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "O'BRIEN, Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond [I] (1688-1741), of Great Billing, Northants. and co. Clare". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ a b Beatson's Political Index (1806) vol. III, p. 371.
- ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (2002) vol. III, p. 122.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. III, p. 330.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. VI, p. 179.
- ^ a b c The Royal Kalendar for 1831, p. 389.
- ^ Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament, vol. V, p. 65.
- ^ Philip Salmon, BRUEN, Henry (1789-1852), of Oak Park, co. Carlow in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
- ^ Stephen Farrell, BURGH, Sir Ulysses Bagenal (1788-1863), of 6 York Street, Mdx. and Bert House, nr. Athy, co. Kildare in History of Parliament 1820–1832.
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